Category: What’s New @ UMW

#UMWSocial Annual Report

It’s a little more than just “hanging out on Facebook” all day. UMW’s social media team has been busy expanding the university’s reach on social media one tweet, post and photo at a time. We’ve learned that despite having carefully curated content, sometimes all it takes is a picture of a squirrel to break the […]

#UMWSocial’s Best Campaigns 2014-15

As the academic year comes to a close, we thought it was a good time to reflect on all of the work UMW’s social media team has accomplished over the past year. Let’s start with three hashtag campaigns that got our students tweeting about our university:#UMWFinals Campaign (December 2014) We launched our first hashtag campaign during […]

Reunion Weekend 2015

Each year the Office of Alumni Relations hosts Reunion Weekend on the Fredericksburg campus. Nearly 800 alumni and guests are expected to come back to campus and participate in dozens of intellectual, cultural, and social activities. This year, the classes ending in fives and zeroes are invited back to campus May 29-31 to celebrate their reunions. […]

Fire Alarm Test Schedule

Campus Fire Safety will be testing UMW’s fire alarm systems this summer. The schedule for the tests is as follows:1004 College Avenue – Monday, June 151201 William Street – Monday, June 15Annex A/B – Tuesday, June 16Anderson – Tuesday, June 9Belmont – Wednesday, June 10Brent – Wednesday, June 17Brompton – Thursday, June 11Dahlgren – Wednesday, June 10DuPont – […]

Faculty/Staff Mixer, May 14

Please join all of your co-workers at The Underground between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 14 for an academic year-end gathering. Snacks will be available and a cash bar with beer, wine, water and soda. Come out and mingle with your peers and just relax and relate your academic year stories! Sponsored […]